He was 70 years old and his wife had died. His daughter booked him a flight to Thailand.
At 70 he became a widower after forty-three years of marriage. His daughter booked him a flight to Koh Samui that gave him back what he thought was lost.
Thailand's tourist resorts are the setting for perfect vacations that, in several stories on this site, ended up turning into something far more lasting. Hotel staff, guests who kept coming back year after year, encounters that started as something temporary and that distance failed to extinguish: these accounts show the more idyllic side of relationships between foreigners and Thai women, though not always free of practical complications once the vacation ends and it's time to decide what to do about a life thousands of kilometers apart.
At 70 he became a widower after forty-three years of marriage. His daughter booked him a flight to Koh Samui that gave him back what he thought was lost.